What's the weird part? The Fry's site says it's "available for preorder," so there's no way to know when you'll actually get it. Hmmm.

Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained cheaply, right? Having just reviewed a similar projector priced at $1,500, I can safely say that nothing, but nothing, beats 1080p TV shows and Blu-ray movies projected on the biggest chunk of wall space you can find.

The Home Cinema 6100 is a 3LCD, 3-chip model with a native 1,920 by 1,080 resolution and 1,800 lumens' worth of light output. It has two HDMI inputs (nice) along with composite, component, and VGA ports. It's a discontinued model, one that made its debut in early 2009, but so what? A good projector is a good projector.

Fry's won't charge your credit card until the unit ships, so you have nothing to lose by getting in line, so to speak. And hopefully the whole preorder arrangement means the projector won't sell out. (Maybe Fry's is waiting to tally up the orders before placing their own order.)

If you're looking to cobble together a quality home theater on the cheap, this is a great place to start.